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The Triumph (and Challenge) of Climate Math

Harvard Business Review

trillion : The size of the "climate economy" by 2020 according to the bank HSBC. Dow Chemical has reduced energy costs $9 billion since 1994. Walmart has improved the fuel efficiency of its distribution fleet by 69% since 2005. Similarly, the math on climate action is getting better every day as the costs of inaction rise.

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One Year After India Killed Off Cash, Here’s What Other Countries Should Learn from It

Harvard Business Review

To quote the person who may have been the most qualified to advise on such action, Raghuram Rajan, the widely respected former governor of India’s central bank: “As a country, you would want to ask what were the inputs that went into that decision.” A fact-based cost-benefit analysis is essential.